Unit 3 – Improving Lives Vocabulary

1. Triples having three parts of the same type, or happening three times

2. Aid help or support

3. To rise (increase) to move upwards

4. Device an object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose

5. Heart rate the number of times a person's heart beats (= moves regularly) in a minute or in
a specified time

6. Smartphone a mobile phone that can be used as a small computer and that connects to the
internet

7. Illness a disease of the body or mind

8. Diabetes a disease in which the body cannot control the level of sugar in the blood

9. Cancer a serious disease that is caused when cells in the body grow in a way that is
uncontrolled and not normal, killing normal cells and often causing death

10. Heart disease a medical condition affecting the heart

11. Alzheimer’s disease a disease that results in the gradual loss of memory, speech, movement, and the
ability to think clearly, and that is common esp. among older people

12. Dementia a medical condition that affects especially old people, causing the memory and
other mental abilities to gradually become worse, and leading to confused
behaviour

13. To rise (increase) to move upwards

14. Symptoms any feeling of illness or physical or mental change that is caused by a particular
disease

15. To treat to behave towards someone or deal with something in a particular way

16. Treatment the way you deal with or behave towards someone or something

17. To tackle a problem To try to deal with a problem or difficulty

18. Wireless using a system of radio signals rather than wires to connect computers, mobile
phones, etc. to each other
19. Cure to make someone with an illness healthy again

20. Caregiver someone who takes care of a person who is young, old, or sick

21. Monitor A machine that regularly tests something

22. Elderly Polite word for old

23. Suffer from To experience physical or mental pain

24. Wearable Something that can be worn that contains computer technology or can connect
to the internet

25. Motivate To make someone want to do something

26. Healthcare The set of services provided by a country or an organization for treating people
who are sick

27. Benefits Something good that helps you

28. Stretch To become longer or wider, or to pull something so that it becomes longer or
wider

29. Lead to To contribute to

30. Due to Brought about by

31. As a result Because of something, It is the indication of the effect due to a cause

32. Device An object or machine that has been invented for a particular purpose

33. Fitness The condition of being physically strong and healthy:

34. Light (adj)light·er, light·est The brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices,
and that allows things to be seen

35. Approach To come near or nearer to something or someone in space, time, quality, or
amount

36. Behavior A particular way of acting

37. Constant Staying the same, or not getting less or more

38. Pressure The act of trying to make someone else do something by arguing, persuading,
etc
39. Prevent To stop something from happening or someone from doing something

40. Loss- A state of not having something that you had before

41. Worried
Unhappy because you are thinking about bad things that might happen

42. Concerned Worried

43. Detect To discover or notice something

44. Struggle To try very hard to do something difficult

45. Diagnosed Identify the nature of (an illness or other problem) by examination of the
symptoms.

46. Sensor A device that is used to record that something is present or that there are
changes in something:

47. Wander To walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear purpose or
direction

48. Feedback To tell someone information that they need to know, especially the results of a
discussion, research, an interview, etc.:

49. Care facilities A private establishment that provides living quarters and care for chronically
ill, usually elderly patients.

50. Step To move by lifting your foot and putting it down in a different place, or to put
your foot on or in something:

51. Increase To (make something) become larger in amount or size

52. Sound Something that you can hear or that can be heard

53. Smartphone A mobile phone that can be used as a small computer and that connects to the
internet

54. Keep an eye on to watch someone or something or stay informed about the person’s behavior,
esp. to keep someone out of trouble

55. Stem from To develop or come from something:

56. First hand If you experience something firsthand, you experience it yourself

57. Incorporate To include something as part of something larger

58. Overwhelming Difficult to fight against

59. Noise A sound or sounds, especially when it is unwanted, unpleasant, or loud